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Reserved powers trusts examined

Overview The vast majority of trust structures for High Net Worth Asian families contain reserved powers provisions. Yet...

Insight 16/12/2015
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Reserved powers trusts examined

Taxidermy: Would Uber be stuffed in Guernsey?

Uber, the app-based company which allows users to order car rides on their smartphones, was celebrating recently. On 16...

Insight 13/11/2015
  • Guernsey
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Taxidermy: Would Uber be stuffed in Guernsey?

'Insolvent trust': A misnomer?

'Insolvent trust': A misnomer? Legally, yes. However the Royal Court of Jersey has noted that the phrase is useful short...

Insight 22/10/2015
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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'Insolvent trust': A misnomer?

Interpreting wills: Construction versus constitution

On 1 September the Royal Court of Jersey issued a rare judgment on a Wills matter relating to the perennial problem of a...

Insight 14/09/2015
  • Jersey
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Interpreting wills: Construction versus constitution

A first step in capping liquidator's costs?

Yesterday the Royal Court of Guernsey issued practice direction 3 of 2015 ("the Practice Direction"). The purpose of the...

Insight 20/08/2015
  • Guernsey
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A first step in capping liquidator's costs?

Suspicious minds

It has taken 15 years for Jersey's authorities to prosecute for failing to report potential money laundering under its p...

Insight 03/08/2015
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Suspicious minds

EU "blacklist": Guernsey included by error

On Wednesday 17th June, the European Union published a blacklist of international tax havens which are considered to be ...

Insight 19/06/2015
  • Guernsey
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EU "blacklist": Guernsey included by error

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Insight 03/03/2000
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